HD Sat. woes

[sokelly]

I also have DTV and am looking into HD. As a result of my research I am probably switching to Comcast cable. Here are my reasons:
1) Dont want to pay for the HD receiver for DTV. Comcast rents it for $5 per month. I'll rent for a while till I figure things out. No way I'm shelling out $500.
2) Comcast has more HD channels without the upcharge (direct TV costs another 9.99 per mo
3) Comcast will give you $400 to switch ($25 per month for 16 months)
4) The whole local channels thing is a pain with DTV. It says you can seamlessly integrate them, but I am not so sure and I definitely am not interested in integrating an off-air antenna into the mix.\
5) You have to have a 3 LNB dish. I have two and the want me to pay for the re-fitting.
6) No contract with comcast. I'll switch and if DTV gets their act together, I'll switch back

My 2 cents. Now....how about the whole HD Tivo thing???.....????

Shane

[GaToy]

I'll check on the Dish Net thing.
~C.C.~

[GaToy]

Well woodman, sadly I must report that you are wrong. Maybe it's you who should do your homework. Noone is giving away HD recievers. At least not in my area. I called Dish Net directly and they don't even sell recievers. They said that I would have to go to either Sears or Radio Shack and buy one. But I didn't stop there. There is a Dish Net store in town so I stopped in and talked with them. The way it works if you go with one of the local shop using one of thier's it kinda like cable. You rent the box from them. After a couple of years you could have just spent the couple hundred dollars and been done with it. I think i'll just wait till 2006 when the networks will be forced to change thier format by the FCC.

~C.C.~